Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Utilizing a dual mode search
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Application No.: US15885629Application Date: 2018-01-31
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Publication No.: US10642909B2Publication Date: 2020-05-05
- Inventor: Ledion Bitincka , Steve Zhang , Igor Stojanovski , Stephen Sorkin
- Applicant: SPLUNK INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: SPLUNK INC.
- Current Assignee: SPLUNK INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- Agency: Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30 ; G06F16/951 ; G06F16/2455 ; G06F16/2458 ; G06F16/903

Abstract:
A search request received at a computer of a search support system is processed by analyzing the received search request to identify request parameters and connecting to a system index of the search support system that is referenced in the request parameters. An external result provider (ERP) process is initiated that establishes communication between the search support system and a data source external to the search support system, for a virtual index referenced in the request parameters. Thus, the ERP process provides an interface between the search support system and external data sources, such as by third parties. The ERP process can operate in a streaming mode (providing real-time search results with minimal processing) and/or a reporting mode (providing results with a greater delay and processing extent) and can switch between modes. The search request results are received from the connected system indexes and the referenced virtual indexes.
Public/Granted literature
- US10726080B2 Utilizing a dual mode search Public/Granted day:2020-07-28
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